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January 8, 2019

True Dependence

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December 20, 2018

Performance Review

business, team building, improvement, success, learning, Value

We recently conducted our first round of formal performance reviews at Swift Straw. During the review we covered a minimum of 3 positive things that we wanted to acknowledge each person for, 3 areas for improvement and then invited the same feedback for leadership. This was without a doubt one of...

December 16, 2018

The Limits of Human Understanding

God, Sunday Blog, Faith

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December 13, 2018

Holiday Health

wellness, health, diet

Creating habits for optimal health goes way beyond maintaining your desired waste line. As chronic disease rates skyrocket all around us we have to realize that eating unnatural foods is doing more harm than just adding a few extra pounds. You are way too smart to be feeding yourself and your...

December 11, 2018

The Legend of Skyscraper

achievement

This past week was the most epic hunting week that the Spring Creek Coop has ever had. Since we started the trophy management Coop nine years ago, it continues to get better each year. This past week I was extremely fortunate to share in the success by harvesting a buck that we called “Skyscraper.”...

December 9, 2018

Continual Joy

God, Sunday Blog, Faith, relationships

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December 6, 2018

Embrace Being Wrong

achievement, improvement, perseverence, success, purpose, learning

This year we opened up a new harvesting operation in Mississippi. Since the terrain is totally different than anything we have ever worked in before, we had to discover and create an entirely new process from scratch. Over the last few months we have worked tirelessly, testing different types of...

December 4, 2018

Fish Climbing Trees

leadership

The best leaders know how to create a game plan based on the unique strengths of their individual players. As an example, a great football coach doesn’t run the same offense every year, they custom make the right offense based on the strengths of their players that year.

December 2, 2018

Jump in the Cable Car

God, Sunday Blog, Faith

Once there were two men standing at the bottom of a mountain. At the top of the mountain there was a beautiful spot to relax, view the world and bask in the sunlight. One of the men hopped in a cable car and rode gently to the top. The other man was too proud to ride in the cable car, exclaiming...

November 27, 2018

Tolerance Without Civility

This week my eight-year-old nephew Mac harvested his first deer, and then 10 minutes later he harvested the buck of a lifetime. For all of us that participate in our outdoor heritage, you can appreciate how rare and exciting this was for him and all of us that were able to share the experience....

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